Tehillim – 150 Psalms

To find myself reading Tehillim – psalms

On the subject of saying tehillim,
Reb Nachman zt”l spoke with someone and told him that the main thing is to say the tehillim on oneself,
to find oneself in each and every paslm one recites, so the person asked him how?
And Reb Nachman explained it to him a bit,
that just as King David asked Hashem to rescue him from all the wars etc.,
in the same manner a person needs to translate and apply all of those prayers to oneself,
on one's own yetzer hara and his troops, as goes for all other psalms. The person then asked how does one translate the verses where King David praises himself,
in example "Guard my soul for I am pious" (psalm 86) etc., he answered him,
that this too one needs to translate on oneself,
for one needs to judge himself favorably and find in themselves some good points that in those he surely is pious and righteous, and the same for other matters.

And then Rabbeinu z"l told him:
It says by Yehoshufot "And he raised his heart in the ways of Hashem",
that in service of Hashem he raised his heart a bit and knew his level,
then he added,
in the morning prayers we say at first "Who are we? What is our life?" and we view ourselves as very low and unworthy,
and then we say right afterwards "But we your nation,
your allies, etc.

(Grims who came out of Egypt were also happy that they went with Moses and Israel and did not stay in the land of sorcery and the lie about the idolatry of the Egyptians)
"that we encourage ourselves and raise ourselves back up and say our greatness and pride ourselves that we are His nation, the children of Avraham, Yitzchok, and Yaakov etc.

(The truth is that he is the creator and the only creator who has the powers, and his Torah that he gave to Moses our Lord is all truth and has no substitute, and we do several mitzvahs, we give charity to the decent poor and yeshiva to study Torah and the Talmud and our prayers will surely be accepted because we believe in the light and not in the darkness and vanity of this world).
for this is the way we need to behave in our service of Hashem,
as we mentioned earlier.
(Likutei Moharan II, Lesson 125)

Tehillim – Psalms 1

1. Praises is the man that did not walked the counsel of the wicked, and in the path of sinners did not stood, and in the seat scorners session did not sat.
2. because his desire is in the Torah of Adonai (Hashem), and in His Torah he meditates day and night.
3. As a tree planted beside rivulets of water, which brings forth its fruit in its season, and its leaves do not wilt; and whatever he does will Succeed.
4. Not so the wicked, rather they are like chaff that the wind drives away.
5. Therefore, the wicked shall not stand up in judgment, nor shall the sinful in the congregation of the righteous.
6. For Adonai (Hashem) knows the way of the Tzadikim, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Tehillim – Psalms 2

1. Why have nations gathered and [why do] kingdoms think vain things?
2. Kings of a land stand up, and nobles take counsel together against Adonai and against His anointed?
3. "Let us break their bands and cast off their cords from us."
4. He Who dwells in Heaven laughs; Adonai mocks them.
5. Then He speaks to them in His wrath; and He frightens them with His sore displeasure.
6. "But I have enthroned My king on Zion, My holy mount."
7. I will tell of the decree; Adonai said to me, "You are My son; this day have I begotten you.
8. Request of Me, and I will make nations your inheritance, and the ends of the earth your possession.
9. You shall break them with an iron rod; like a potter's vessel you shall shatter them."
10. And now, [you] kings, be wise; be admonished, [you] judges of the earth.
11. Serve Adonai with fear, and rejoice with quaking.
12. Arm yourselves with purity lest He become angry and you perish in the way, for in a moment His wrath will be kindled; the praises of all who take refuge in Him.

Tehillim – Psalms 3

1. A psalm of David, when he fled from Avsalom his son.
2. adonai, how many have my adversaries become! Great men rise up against me.
3. Great men say concerning my soul, "He has no salvation in hlohim to eternity."
4. But You, adonai, are a shield about me, my glory and He Who raises up my head.
5. my voice is to adonai, and He answered me from His holy mount to eternity.
6. I lay down and slept; I awoke, for adonai will support me up.
7. I will not fear ten thousands of people, who have set themselves against me all around.
8. Arise adonai, save me, H-lohim, for You have struck all my enemies on the cheek; You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
9. to adonai is the Salvation, and it is incumbent upon Your people is your bless forever.

Tehillim – Psalms 4

1. To the conductor with melodies, a song of David.
2. When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness; in my distress You have relieved me, be gracious to me and hearken to my prayer.
3. Sons of man, how long will my honor be disgraced? [How long] will you love futility? [How long] will you constantly seek lies?
4. You shall know that the Lord has set apart the pious man for Himself; the Lord shall hear when I call out to Him.
5. Quake and do not sin; say [this] in your heart on your bed and be forever silent.
6. Offer up sacrifices of righteousness and trust in the Lord.
7. Many say, "Who will show us goodness?" Raise up over us the light of Your countenance, O Lord.
8. You gave joy into my heart from the time that their grain and their wine increased.
9. In peace together, I would lie down and sleep, for You, O Lord, would make me dwell alone in safety.

Tehillim – Psalms 5

1. To the conductor, on nehiloth, a song of David.
2. Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my meditation.
3. Hearken to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for I will pray to You.
4. O Lord, in the morning You shall hearken to my voice; in the morning I shall arrange [my prayer] to You, and I shall look forward.
5. For You are not a God Who desires wickedness; evil does not abide with You.
6. Confused people shall not stand before Your eyes; You hate all workers of iniquity.
7. You destroy speakers of lies; the Lord abhors a man of blood and deceit.
8. But I, with Your great loving-kindness, shall enter Your House; I shall prostrate myself toward Your Holy Temple in the fear of You.
9. O Lord, lead me in Your righteousness; because of those who lie in wait for me, make Your way straight before me.
10. For there is no sincerity in his mouth; there is malice in their heart; their throat is an open grave; they make their tongue smooth.
11. Condemn them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them down in the multitude of their transgressions for they have rebelled against You.
12. And let all who take refuge in You rejoice; may they ever shout for joy, and You shall shelter them, and let all who love Your name exult in You.
13. For You, O Lord, shall bless the righteous; You shall encompass him with will like a shield.

Tehillim – Psalms 6

1. To the conductor with melodies on the sheminith, a song of David.
2. O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, and do not chastise me in Your wrath.
3. Be gracious to me, O Lord, because I languish; heal me, O Lord, because my bones are frightened.
4. And my soul is very frightened, and You, O Lord, how long?
5. Return, O Lord, rescue my soul; save me for the sake of Your loving-kindness.
6. For there is no memory of You in death; in the grave, who will thank You?
7. I am weary from my sighing; every night I sully my bed; I wet my couch with my tears.
8. My eye is dimmed from anger; it has aged because of all my adversaries.
9. Turn away from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the Lord has hearkened to the voice of my weeping.
10. The Lord has hearkened to my supplication; the Lord has accepted my prayer.
11. All my enemies shall be ashamed and very frightened; they shall return and be ashamed in a moment.

Tehillim – Psalms 7

1. A shiggayon of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush the Benjamite.
2. O Lord, my God, I have taken refuge in You; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me.
3. Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it to pieces with no one to save [me].
4. O Lord, my God, if I have done this, if there is any injustice in my hands;
5. if I repaid the one who did evil to me, and I stripped my adversary into emptiness,
6. may the enemy pursue my soul and overtake [me] and trample my life to the ground, and cause my soul to rest in the dust forever.
7. Arise, O Lord, with Your wrath; exalt Yourself with anger upon my adversaries, and awaken for me the judgment that You commanded.
8. And [if] a congregation of kingdoms surrounds You, return on high over them.
9. May the Lord judge the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to my innocence, which is upon me.
10. May evil destroy the wicked, and may You establish the righteous, for the righteous God tests the hearts and the reins.
11. My shield is upon God, Who saves the upright in heart.
12. God is a righteous judge, and God is incensed every day.
13. If he does not repent, He will whet His sword; He has trodden His bow and made it ready.
14. And He has prepared deadly weapons for him; He will make arrows for pursuers.
15. Behold, he travails with iniquity; he conceives mischief, and gives birth to lies.
16. He dug a pit and deepened it, and he fell into the pit that he made.
17. His mischief will return upon his head, and his violence will descend upon his crown.
18. I will thank the Lord according to His righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

Tehillim – Psalms 8

1. To the conductor, on the gittith, a song of David.
2. O Lord, our Master, how mighty is Your name in all the earth, for which You should bestow Your majesty upon the heavens.
3. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have established strength because of Your adversaries, in order to put an end to enemy and avenger.
4. When I see Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and stars that You have established,
5. what is man that You should remember him, and the son of man that You should be mindful of him?
6. Yet You have made him slightly less than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and majesty.
7. You give him dominion over the work of Your hands; You have placed everything beneath his feet.
8. Flocks and cattle, all of them, and also the beasts of the field;
9. the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, he traverses the ways of the seas.
10. O Lord, our Master, how mighty is Your name in all the earth!

Tehillim – Psalms 9

1. To the conductor, to brighten the youth, a song of David.
2. I will thank the Lord with all my heart; I will tell all Your wonders.
3. I will rejoice and exult with You; I will sing praises to Your most high name.
4. When my enemies draw backward, they stumble and are destroyed from before You.
5. For You have performed my judgment and my cause; You sat on the throne, O Judge of righteousness.
6. You rebuked nations, You destroyed a wicked man; You erased their name forever and ever.
7. The enemy has been destroyed; swords exist forever, and You have uprooted the cities-their remembrance is lost.
8. But the Lord shall sit forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
9. But He judges the world with righteousness, kingdoms with equity.
10. And the Lord shall be a fortress for the crushed, a fortress for times of distress.
11. And those who know Your name shall trust in You, for You have not forsaken those who seek You, O Lord.
12. Sing praises to the Lord, Who dwells in Zion; relate His deeds among the peoples.
13. For He Who avenges blood remembers them; He has not forgotten the cry of the humble.
14. Be gracious to me, O Lord, see my affliction from my enemies, You Who raise me up from the gates of death,
15. in order that I tell all Your praises; in the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in Your salvation.
16. Nations have sunk in the pit they have made; in this net that they have concealed, their foot has become trapped.
17. The Lord is known for the judgment that He performed; with the act of His hand, the wicked man stumbles. Let us meditate over this forever.
18. May the wicked return to the grave, all nations who forget God.
19. For the needy shall not be forgotten forever, neither shall the hope of the poor be lost to eternity.
20. Arise, O Lord; let man have no power. May the nations be judged for Your anger.
21. O Lord, place mastery over them; let the nations know that they forever are mortal man.

Tehillim – Psalms 10

1. O Lord, why do You stand from afar? [Why do] You hide in times of distress?
2. With the haughtiness of the wicked man, he pursues the poor man. They are caught in the plots that they have devised.
3. For the wicked man boasts about the desire of his soul, and the robber congratulates himself for having blasphemed the Lord.
4. A wicked man at the height of his anger; "He will not seek; there is no God," [say] all his thoughts.
5. His ways prosper at all times; Your judgments are far removed from him. All his adversaries-he blows at them.
6. He says to himself, "I will not fall; for all generations I will not be in adversity."
7. His mouth is full of oaths and deceits and guile; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
8. He sits in the lurking-places of the villages; in hidden places he slays the innocent; his eyes spy on Your army.
9. He lurks in a hidden place; like a lion in his den, he lurks to seize a poor man; he seizes a poor man when he draws his net.
10. He crouches, he bows down, and an army of broken people shall fall by his signals.
11. He says in his heart, "God has forgotten; He has hidden His face, He never sees."
12. Arise, O Lord God, lift up Your hand; do not forget the humble.
13. Why did a wicked man blaspheme God? He said in his heart that You do not seek.
14. You saw, for You look at mischief and provocation to give with Your power; upon You Your army leaves [its burden]; You would help the orphan.
15. Break the arm of the wicked, but as for the evil one-You will seek his wickedness and not find [it].
16. The Lord is King forever and ever; nations perish from His land.
17. You shall hear the desire of the humble, O Lord; may You prepare their heart, may Your ear hearken.
18. To judge the orphan and the crushed one, that he no longer continue to break the weak from the earth.

Tehillim – Psalms 11

1. To the conductor, of David; I took refuge in the Lord. How do you say to my soul, "Wander from your mountain, [you] bird"?
2. For behold the wicked tread the bow, they set their arrow on the bowstring to shoot in the dark at the upright of heart.
3. For the foundations were destroyed; what did the righteous man do?
4. The Lord is in His Holy Temple. The Lord-His throne is in Heaven; His eyes see, His pupils try the sons of men.
5. The Lord tries the righteous, but His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
6. He shall rain upon the wicked charcoal, fire, and brimstone, and a burning wind is the portion of their cup.
7. For the Lord is righteous; He loves [workers of] righteousness, whose faces approve of the straight [way].

Tehillim – Psalms 12

1. For the conductor on the sheminith, a song of David.
2. Save, O Lord, for the pious are gone, for the faithful have vanished from the sons of men.
3. One speaks to another with falseness, smooth talk; they speak with a double heart.
4. May the Lord cut off all smooth lips, the tongue that speaks great things.
5. Who said, "With our tongue we will overpower; our lips are with us. Who is lord over us?"
6. Because of the plunder of the poor, because of the cry of the needy, Now I will rise, the Lord shall say; I will grant them salvation, He shall speak concerning them.
7. The sayings of the Lord are pure sayings, like silver refined, exposed to the earth, clarified sevenfold.
8. You, O Lord, shall guard them; You shall guard him from this generation forever.
9. Wicked men walk on all sides when the [one who appears] basest to the sons of men is elevated.

Tehillim – Psalms 13

1. To the conductor, a song of David.
2. How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
3. How long will I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart by day; how long will my enemy have the upper hand over me?
4. Look and answer me, O Lord my God; enlighten my eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death.
5. Lest my enemy say, "I have overwhelmed him"; my adversaries will rejoice when I totter.
6. But I trusted in Your loving-kindness, my heart will rejoice in Your salvation; I will sing to the Lord for He has bestowed [it] upon me.

Tehillim – Psalms 14

1. For the conductor, of David; The fool said in his heart, "There is no God"; they have dealt corruptly; they have committed abominable deeds; no one does good.
2. The Lord in Heaven looked down upon the sons of men to see whether there is a man of understanding, who seeks the Lord.
3. All have turned away; together they have spoiled; no one does good, not even one.
4. Did not all the workers of iniquity know? Those who devoured My people partook of a feast; they did not call upon the Lord.
5. There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of a righteous man.
6. You put to shame the counsel of the poor, for the Lord is his refuge.
7. O that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion; when the Lord returns the captivity of His people, Jacob shall rejoice, Israel shall be glad.

Tehillim – Psalms 15

1. A song of David; O Lord, who will sojourn in Your tent, who will dwell upon Your holy mount?
2. He who walks uprightly and works righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart.
3. He did not slander with his tongue; he did his neighbor no harm, neither did he take up reproach upon his kinsman.
4. A base person is despised in his eyes, and he honors the God-fearing; he swears to [his own] hurt and does not retract.
5. He did not give his money with interest, nor did he accept a bribe against the innocent; he who does these shall not falter forever.

Tehillim – Psalms 16

1. A michtam of David; O God, guard me for I have taken refuge in You.
2. You should say to the Lord, You are my Master; my good is not incumbent upon You.
3. For the holy ones who are in the earth, and the mighty ones in whom is all my delight.
4. May the sorrows of those who hasten after another [deity] increase; I will not pour their libations of blood, nor will I take their names upon my lips.
5. The Lord is my allotted portion and my cup; You guide my destiny.
6. Portions have fallen to me in pleasant places; even the inheritance pleases me.
7. I will bless the Lord, Who counseled me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
8. I have placed the Lord before me constantly; because [He is] at my right hand, I will not falter.
9. Therefore, my heart rejoiced, and my soul was glad; even my flesh shall dwell in safety.
10. For You shall not forsake my soul to the grave; You shall not allow Your pious one to see the pit.
11. You shall let me know the way of life, the fullness of joys in Your presence. There is pleasantness in Your right hand forever.

Tehillim – Psalms 17

1. A prayer of David; Hearken, O Lord, to righteousness, listen to my cry, lend an ear to my prayer, [which is] without deceitful lips.
2. May my judgment come forth from before You; may Your eyes see [my] upright acts.
3. You have tried my heart; You have visited [upon me] at night. You have refined me and not found; If I think, let it not pass my mouth.
   As for man's deeds, because of the word of Your lips, I kept [myself] from the ways of the profligate.
4. To support my feet in Your paths, lest my feet falter.
5. I called to You because You shall answer me, O God. Bend Your ear to me; hearken to my saying.
6. Distinguish Your kind acts to save, with Your right hand, those who take refuge [in You] from those who rise up [against them].
7. Guard me as the apple of the eye; in the shadow of Your wings You shall hide me.
8. Because of the wicked who have robbed me; my mortal enemies who encompass me.
9. [With] their fat, they closed themselves up; their mouths spoke with haughtiness.
10. [By] our footsteps they surround us now, they set their eyes roaming over the land.
11. His likeness is like a lion, which yearns for prey, and as a young lion, which lurks in hidden places.
12. Arise, O Lord, confront him; bring him down to his knees; rescue my soul from the wicked, Your sword.
13. Of those who die by Your hand, O Lord, of those who die of old age, whose share is in life, and whose belly You will fill with Your hidden treasure, who have children in plenty and leave their abundance to their babes.
14. I will see Your face with righteousness; I will be satisfied with Your image upon the awakening.

Tehillim – Psalms 18

1. For the conductor; of the servant of the Lord, of David, who spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord saved him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
2. And he said, "I love You, O Lord, my strength.
3. O Lord, my rock and my fortress and my rescuer; my God, my rock, I will take refuge in Him; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my refuge.
4. With praise I call to the Lord, and from my enemies I will be saved.
5. Bands of death have encompassed me, and streams of scoundrels would affright me.
6. Bands of the nether world have surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.
7. When I am in distress, I call upon the Lord; yes, I cry out to my God; out of His temple He hears my voice, and my cry comes before Him in His ears.
8. The earth shook and quaked, the foundations of the mountains did tremble; and they were shaken when He was angered.
9. Smoke went up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.
10. And He bent the heavens, and He came down, and thick darkness was under His feet.
11. And He rode on a cherub and did fly; He swooped on the wings of the wind.
12. He made darkness His hiding-place about Him as His booth; the darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
13. From the brightness before Him, His thick cloud passed, hail and coals of fire.
14. The Lord thundered from Heaven; and the Most High gave forth His voice with hail and coals of fire.
15. And He sent out arrows and He scattered them; He shot lightning and He discomfited them.
16. And the depths of the water appeared; the foundations of the world were laid bare by Your rebuke, O Lord, by the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
17. He sent forth from on high [and] He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
18. He delivered me from my mighty enemy, and from those that hated me, for they were too powerful for me.
19. They confronted me on the day of my calamity, but the Lord was a support to me.
20. And He brought me forth into a wide space; He delivered me because He took delight in me.
21. The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands He recompensed me.
22. For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from [the commandments of] my God.
23. For all His ordinances were before me; and His statutes I will not remove from myself.
24. And I was single-hearted with Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
25. And the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes.
26. With a kind one, You show Yourself kind, with a sincere man, You show Yourself sincere.
27. With a pure one, You show Yourself pure, but with a crooked one, You deal crookedly.
28. For You deliver a humble people, and You humble haughty eyes.
29. For You light my lamp; the Lord, my God, does light my darkness.
30. For by You I run upon a troop, and by my God I scale a wall.
31. [He is] the God Whose way is perfect; the word of the Lord is refined; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
32. For who is God save the Lord? And who is a Rock, save our God?
33. The God is He Who girds me with strength; and He makes my way perfect.
34. He makes my feet like hinds, and sets me upon my high places.
35. He trains my hands for war so that a copper bow is bent by my arms.
36. You have given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand has supported me, and You have treated me with great humility.
37. You have enlarged my step[s] beneath me, and my ankles have not slipped.
38. I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them, never turning back until they were consumed.
39. I have crushed them so that they cannot rise; yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40. For You have girded me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those that rose up against me.
41. And of my enemies, You have given me the back of their necks; those that hate me, that I may cut them off.
42. They pray but no one saves them; [even] to the Lord, but He answered them not.
43. Then I ground them as dust before the wind; as the mud in the streets I did pour them.
44. You allowed me to escape from the contenders of the people; You shall make me the head over nations; may a people that I do not know serve me.
45. As soon as they hear they shall obey me; foreigners shall lie to me.
46. Foreigners shall wither, and they shall fear their imprisonments.
47. The Lord lives, and blessed be my Rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation.
48. The God Who grants me vengeance and destroys peoples instead of me.
49. Who delivers me from my enemies; even above those that rise against me You have lifted me; from the violent man You deliver me.
50. Therefore, I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the nations, and to Your name I will sing praises.
51. He gives great salvations to His king, and He performs kindness to His anointed; to David and to his seed forever.

Tehillim – Psalms 19

1. For the conductor, a song of David.
2. The heavens recite the glory of God, and the sky tells of the work of His hands.
3. Day to day utters speech, and night to night tells knowledge.
4. There is neither speech nor words; their voice is not heard.
5. Their line goes forth throughout the earth, and their words are at the end of the world; for the sun He made a tent therein.
6. And it is like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber; it rejoices like a mighty man running a course.
7. From the end of the heavens is its source, and its circuit is to their ends, and none is hidden from its heat.
8. The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the Lord is faithful, making the simple one wise.
9. The orders of the Lord are upright, causing the heart to rejoice; the commandment of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eyes.
10. The fear of the Lord is pure, existing forever; the judgments of the Lord are true, altogether just.
11. They are to be desired more than gold, yea more than much fine gold, and are sweeter than honey and drippings of honeycombs.
12. Also Your servant was careful with them; for in observing them there is great reward.
13. Who understands errors? Cleanse me of hidden [sins].
14. Also withhold Your servant from willful sins; let them not rule over me; then I will be perfect and I will be cleansed of much transgression.
15. May the sayings of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable before You, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Tehillim – Psalms 20

1. For the conductor, a song of David.
2. May the Lord answer you on a day of distress; may the name of the God of Jacob fortify you.
3. May He send your aid from His sanctuary, and may He support you from Zion.
4. May He remember all your meal offerings and may He accept your fat burnt offerings forever.
5. May He give you as your heart [desires], and may He fulfill all your counsel.
6. Let us sing praises for your salvation, and let us assemble in the name of our God; may the Lord fulfill all your requests.
7. Now I know that the Lord saved His anointed; He answered him from His holy heavens; with the mighty acts of salvation from His right hand.
8. These trust in chariots and these in horses, but we-we mention the name of the Lord our God.
9. They kneel and fall, but we rise and gain strength.
10. O Lord, save [us]; may the King answer us on the day we call.

Tehillim – Psalms 21

1. For the conductor, a song about David.
2. O Lord, may the king rejoice with Your strength, and how greatly does he exult with Your salvation!
3. You gave him his heart's desire, and the speech of his lips You have never withheld.
4. For You have preceded him with the blessings of the good man; You have placed a gold crown on his head.
5. He asked You for life; You gave it to him, length of days forever and ever.
6. His glory is great in Your salvation; majesty and beauty You place upon him.
7. For You make him blessings forever; You shall make him happy with joy before You.
8. For the king trusts in the Lord and in the loving- kindness of the Most High, that he should not falter.
9. Your hand shall suffice for all Your enemies; Your right hand shall suffice for those who hate You.
10. You shall place them as a fiery furnace at the time of Your anger; may the Lord destroy them with His wrath and may fire consume them.
11. You shall destroy their fruit from the earth and their seed from the sons of man.
12. For they have directed evil against You; they have devised a plot that they cannot [execute].
13. For You shall place them as a portion; with Your bowstrings You shall set [Your arrows] toward their faces.
14. Exalt Yourself, O Lord, with Your strength; let us sing and chant of Your might.

Tehillim – Psalms 22

1. For the conductor, on the ayeleth hashachar, a song of David.
2. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? [You are] far from my salvation [and] from the words of my moaning.
3. My God, I call out by day and You do not reply, and at night I do not keep silent.
4. But You are holy; You await the praises of Israel.
5. Our ancestors trusted in You; they trusted and You rescued them.
6. They cried out to You and they escaped; they trusted in You and they were not shamed.
7. But I am a worm and not a man; a reproach of man, despised by peoples.
8. All who see me will mock me; they will open their lips, they will shake their head.
9. One should cast his trust upon the Lord, and He will rescue him; He will save him because He delights in him.
10. For You drew me from the womb; You made me secure on my mother's breasts.
11. Upon You, I was cast from birth; from my mother's womb You are my God.
12. Do not distance Yourself from me, for distress is near; for there is none to help.
13. Great bulls have surrounded me; the mighty ones of Bashan encompassed me.
14. They opened their mouth against me [like] a tearing, roaring lion.
15. I was spilled like water, and all my bones were separated; my heart was like wax, melting within my innards.
16. My strength became dried out like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my palate; and You set me down in the dust of death.
17. For dogs have surrounded me; a band of evildoers has encompassed me, like a lion, my hands and feet.
18. I tell about all my bones. They look and gloat over me.
19. They share my garments among themselves and cast lots for my raiment.
20. But You, O Lord, do not distance Yourself; my strength, hasten to my assistance.
21. Save my soul from the sword, my only one from the grip of the dog.
22. Save me from the lion's mouth, as from the horns of the wild oxen You answered me.
23. I will tell Your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise You.
24. You who fear the Lord, praise Him; all the seed of Jacob, honor Him, and fear Him, all the seed of Israel.
25. For He has neither despised nor abhorred the cry of the poor, neither has He hidden His countenance from him; and when he cried out to Him, He hearkened.
26. Because of You is my praise in the great congregation; I pay my vows in the presence of those who fear Him.
27. The humble shall eat and be sated; they shall praise the Lord, those who seek Him; your hearts shall live forever.
28. All the ends of the earth shall remember and return to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall prostrate themselves before You.
29. For the kingship is the Lord's, and He rules over the nations.
30. They shall eat all the best of the earth and prostrate themselves; before Him shall all those who descend to the dust kneel, and He will not quicken his soul.
31. The seed that worships Him; it shall be told to the generation concerning the Lord.
32. They shall come and tell His righteousness to the newborn people, that which He has done.

Tehillim – Psalms 23

1. A song of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2. He causes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside still waters.
3. He restores my soul; He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
4. Even when I walk in the valley of darkness, I will fear no evil for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff – they comfort me.
5. You set a table before me in the presence of my adversaries; You anointed my head with oil; my cup overflows.
6. May only goodness and kindness pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for length of days.

Tehillim – Psalms 24

1. Of David, a song. The land and the fullness thereof are the Lord's; the world and those who dwell therein.
2. For He founded it upon seas and established it upon rivers.
3. Who will ascend upon the Lord's mount and who will stand in His Holy place?
4. He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not taken My name in vain and has not sworn deceitfully.
5. He shall receive a blessing from the Lord and charity from the God of his salvation.
6. This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your presence-Jacob, forever.
7. [You] gates, lift your heads and be uplifted, [you] everlasting portals, so that the King of Glory may enter.
8. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord, Who is strong and mighty, the Lord Who is a mighty warrior.
9. [You] gates, lift your heads and lift up, [you] everlasting portals, so that the King of Glory may enter.
10. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts-He is the King of Glory forever.

Tehillim – Psalms 25

1. Of David. To You, O Lord, I will lift up my soul.
2. My God, I trusted in You; let me not be ashamed. Nor shall my enemies rejoice over me.
3. Neither shall any of those who hope for You be ashamed; let those who betray [to the extent of] destitution be ashamed.
4. O Lord, let me know Your ways; teach me Your paths.
5. Direct me with Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; I hope for You all day long
6. Remember Your mercies, O Lord, and Your kindnesses, for they have been since time immemorial.
7. The sins of my youth and my transgressions, do not remember; what is worthy of Your kindness, You remember for me, for the sake of Your goodness, O Lord.
8. The Lord is good and upright; therefore, He leads sinners on the road.
9. He leads the humble with just rules and He teaches the humble His way.
10. All the Lord's ways are kindness and truth for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.1
11. For Your name's sake, O Lord, You shall forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
12. Who is this man who fears the Lord? He will guide him on the road that he chooses.
13. His soul shall abide in prosperity, and his seed shall inherit the earth.
14. The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, and His covenant is to let them know [it].
15. My eyes are always to God for He will take my feet out of the net.
16. Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am alone and poor.
17. The troubles of my heart have increased; deliver me from my straits.
18. See my affliction and my toil, and forgive all my sins.
19. See my enemies for they have increased, and they hate me with unjust hatred.
20. Guard my soul and save me; let me not be shamed for I have taken refuge in You.
21. Sincerity and uprightness shall guard me, for I have hoped for You.
22. O God, redeem Israel from all its troubles.

Tehillim – Psalms 26

1. Of David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked with sincerity, and I trusted in the Lord; I shall not falter.
2. Test me, O Lord, and try me; refine my reins and my heart.
3. For Your kindness is before my eyes, and I walked in Your truth.
4. I did not sit with dishonest men, neither did I go with hypocrites.
5. I hated the congregation of the evildoers, and I did not sit with the wicked.
6. I washed my hands with cleanliness, and I encompassed Your altar, O Lord.
7. To proclaim thanksgiving with a loud voice and to recite all Your wonders.
8. O Lord, I love the dwelling of Your house and the place of the residence of Your glory.
9. Gather not my soul with sinners nor my life with men of blood,
10. in whose hands are plots and whose right hand is full of bribery.
11. But I walk with sincerity; redeem me and be gracious to me.
12. My foot stood on a straight path; I will bless the Lord in assemblies.

Tehillim – Psalms 27

1. Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; from whom shall I be frightened?
2. When evildoers draw near to me to devour my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies against me-they stumbled and fell.
3. If a camp encamps against me, my heart shall not fear; if a war should rise up against me, in this I trust.
4. One [thing] I ask of the Lord, that I seek-that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to see the pleasantness of the Lord and to visit His Temple every morning.
5. That He will hide me in His tabernacle on the day of calamity; He will conceal me in the secrecy of His tent; He will lift me up on a rock.
6. And now, my head will be raised over my enemies around me, and I will sacrifice in His tent sacrifices with joyous song; I will sing and chant praise to the Lord.
7. Hearken, O Lord, to my voice [which] I call out, and be gracious to me and answer me.
8. On Your behalf, my heart says, "Seek My presence." Your presence, O Lord, I will seek.
9. Do not hide Your presence from me; do not turn Your servant away with anger. You were my help; do not forsake me and do not abandon me, O God of my salvation.
10. For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord gathers me in.
11. Instruct me, O Lord, in Your way, and lead me in the straight path because of those who lie in wait for me.
12. Do not deliver me to the desires of my adversaries, for false witnesses and speakers of evil have risen against me.
13. Had I not believed in seeing the good of the Lord in the land of the living!
14. Hope for the Lord, be strong and He will give your heart courage, and hope for the Lord.

Tehillim – Psalms 28

1. Of David. To You, O Lord, I call. My Rock, do not be deaf to me, lest You be silent to me, and I will be likened to those who descend into the Pit.
2. Hearken to the voice of my supplications when I cry out to You, when I lift my hands towards Your Holy Sanctuary.
3. Do not cause me to be drawn with the wicked or with those who work iniquity, who speak peace with their friends but evil is in their heart.
4. Give them according to their deeds and according to the evil of their endeavors; according to the work of their hands give to them; return their recompense to them.
5. For they do not understand the works of the Lord or the deeds of His hands. He shall break them down and not build them up.
6. Blessed is the Lord, for He has heard the voice of my supplication.
7. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him and I was helped; my heart rejoiced and I will thank Him with my song.
8. The Lord is strength to them and He is the stronghold of the salvations of His anointed.
9. Save Your people and bless Your inheritance, and tend them and elevate them forever.

Tehillim – Psalms 29

1. A song of David. Prepare for the Lord, [you] sons of the mighty; prepare for the Lord glory and might.
2. Prepare for the Lord the glory due His name; prostrate yourselves to the Lord in the place beautified with sanctity.
3. The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the Lord is over the vast waters.
4. The voice of the Lord is in strength; the voice of the Lord is in beauty.
5. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars, yea, the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
6. He causes them to dance like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.
7. The voice of the Lord cleaves with flames of fire.
8. The voice of the Lord causes the desert to quake; the Lord causes the desert of Kadesh to quake.
9. The voice of the Lord will frighten the hinds and strip the forests, and in His Temple everyone speaks of His glory.
10. The Lord sat [enthroned] at the flood; the Lord sat as King forever.
11. The Lord shall grant strength to His people; the Lord shall bless His people with peace.

Tehillim – Psalms 30

1. A psalm; a song of dedication of the House, of David.
2. I will exalt You, O Lord, for You have raised me up, and You have not allowed my enemies to rejoice over me.
3. O Lord, I have cried out to You, and You have healed me.
4. O Lord, You have brought my soul from the grave; You have revived me from my descent into the Pit.
5. Sing to the Lord, His pious ones, and give thanks to His holy name.
6. For His wrath lasts but a moment; life results from His favor; in the evening, weeping may tarry, but in the morning there is joyful singing.
7. And I said in my tranquility, "I will never falter."
8. O Lord, with Your will, You set up my mountain to be might, You hid Your countenance and I became frightened.
9. To You, O Lord, I would call, and to the Lord I would supplicate.
10. "What gain is there in my blood, in my descent to the grave? Will dust thank You; will it recite Your truth?
11. Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me; O Lord, be my helper."
12. You have turned my lament into dancing for me; You loosened my sackcloth and girded me with joy.
13. So that my soul will sing praises to You and not be silent. O Lord, my God, I will thank You forever.

Tehillim – Psalms 31

1. To the conductor, a song of David.
2. I took refuge in You, O Lord; let me not be shamed forever; rescue me with Your righteousness.
3. Incline Your ear to me, quickly rescue me; be a rock of strength to me, a stronghold to save me.
4. For You are my Rock and my Stronghold, and for Your name's sake, You shall lead me and guide me.
5. You shall free me from this net which they have hidden for me, for You are my stronghold.
6. In Your hand I entrust my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord, God of truth.
7. I hated those who await worthless vanities, but I hoped for the Lord.
8. I will exult and rejoice in Your kindness, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul.
9. And you did not deliver me into the hands of an enemy; You have placed my feet in a broad place.
10. Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is dimmed from anger, my soul and my belly.
11. For my life is spent in grief and my years in sighing; my strength has failed because of my iniquity, and my bones have decayed.
12. From all my tormentors I have become a reproach-and very much so to my neighbors-and fright to my acquaintances; those who see me outside avoid me.
13. I was forgotten like a dead person, out of mind; I was like a lost utensil.
14. For I heard the gossip of many, terror from all sides when they take counsel together against me; they plotted to take my soul.
15. But I trusted in You, O Lord; I said, "You are my God."
16. My times are in Your hands; rescue me from the hands of my enemies and from my pursuers.
17. Cause Your countenance to shine upon Your servant; save me with Your kindness.
18. O Lord, let me not be shamed because I called out to You; let the wicked be shamed, let them be silenced to the grave.
19. Let lying lips become mute, those that speak against a righteous man falsely, with haughtiness and disdain.
20. How great is Your goodness that You have laid away for those who fear You, that You have worked for those who take refuge in You, in the presence of the sons of men!
21. You shall hide them in the secrecy of Your countenance, from bands of men; protect them in a shelter from the strife of tongues.
22. Blessed is the Lord for He has been wondrously kind to me in a besieged city.
23. But I said in my haste, "I have been cut off from before Your eyes," but You heard the voice of my supplications when I cried out to You.
24. Love the Lord, all His pious ones. The Lord guards those who believe [in Him] and He pays with a bowstring him who works with haughtiness.
25. Strengthen yourselves, and He will give your heart courage, all who hope to the Lord.

Tehillim – Psalms 32

1. Of David, a maskil. Praiseworthy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is concealed.
2. Praiseworthy is the man to whom the Lord ascribes no iniquity and in whose spirit there is no guile.
3. When I was silent, my bones decayed with my moaning all day long.
4. For [both] day and night Your hand is heavy upon me; my freshness was transformed as in the droughts of summer, forever.
5. I would inform You of my sin, and I did not conceal my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord," and You forgave the iniquity of my sin forever.
6. For this let every pious man pray to You at the time that You are found, only about a flood of vast waters [that] should not reach him.
7. You are a shelter for me, from an adversary You guard me; with songs of deliverance You encompass me forever,
8. "I will enlighten you and instruct you which way [to go]; I will wink My eye to you."
9. Be not like a horse, like a mule that does not discern; whose mouth must be held with bit and bridle, so that when he is being groomed, he does not come near you.
10. Many are the pains of the wicked, but as for him who trusts in the Lord- kindness will encompass him.
11. Rejoice with the Lord and exult, You righteous, and cause all those of upright hearts to sing praises.

Tehillim – Psalms 33

1. Sing praises to the Lord, O you righteous; for the upright, praise is fitting.
2. Give thanks to the Lord with a harp; with a lyre of ten melodies make music to Him.
3. Sing to Him a new song; play well with joyful shouting.
4. For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his deeds are with faith.
5. He loves charity and justice; the earth is full of the Lord's kindness.
6. By the word of the Lord, the heavens were made, and with the breath of His mouth, all their host.
7. He gathers in the water of the sea as a mound; He puts the deeps into treasuries.
8. Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
9. For He said and it came about; He commanded and it endured.
10. The Lord frustrated the counsel of nations; He put the plans of peoples to nought.
11. The counsel of the Lord shall endure forever; the plans of His heart to all generations.
12. Praiseworthy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people that He chose as His inheritance.
13. The Lord looked from heaven; He saw all the sons of men.
14. From His dwelling place He oversees all the inhabitants of the earth.
15. He Who forms their hearts together, Who understands all their deeds.
16. The king is not saved with a vast army; a mighty man will not be rescued with great strength.
17. A horse is a false hope for victory, and with his power, he will not escape.
18. Behold the eye of the Lord is to those who fear Him, to those who hope for His kindness,
19. to rescue their soul from death and to sustain them in famine.
20. Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield.
21. For our heart will rejoice in Him, because we hoped in His holy name.
22. May Your kindness, O Lord, be upon us, as we hoped for You.

Tehillim – Psalms 34

1.  Of David, when he disguised his sanity before Abimelech, whereupon he drove him out and he departed.
2. I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise is always in my mouth.
3. My soul boasts of the Lord; may the humble hear and rejoice.
4. Declare the greatness of the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.
5. I sought the Lord and He answered me, and He delivered me from all my terrors.
6. They looked to Him and they became radiant, and their faces will not be ashamed.
7. This poor man called and the Lord heard, and He saved him from all his troubles.
8. An angel of the Lord is stationed around those who fear Him, and He saved them.
9. Comprehend and see that the Lord is good; praiseworthy is the man who takes shelter in Him.
10. Fear the Lord, His holy ones; for there is no want to those who fear Him.
11. Young lions suffer want and are hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good.
12. Come, children, hearken to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
13. Who is the man who desires life, who loves days to see goodness?
14. Guard your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceitfully.
15. Shun evil and do good, seek peace and pursue it.
16. The eyes of the Lord are to the righteous, and His ears are to their cry.
17. The face of the Lord is against evildoers, to cut off their remembrance from the earth.
18. They cry out and the Lord hearkens, and He saves them from all their troubles.
19. The Lord is near to the broken-hearted, and He saves those of crushed spirit.
20. Many evils befall the righteous, but the Lord saves him from them all.
21. He guards all his bones; not one of them was broken.
22. Evil will kill the wicked, and those who hate the righteous shall be accounted guilty.
23. The Lord redeems the soul of His servants, and all who take refuge in Him shall not be accounted guilty.

Tehillim – Psalms 35

1. Of David. O Lord, strive with those who strive against me, battle my foes
2. Grasp a shield and encircling armor, and rise to my assistance.
3. And arm Yourself with a spear and bar the way before my pursuers; say to my soul, "I am your salvation."
4. May those who seek my life be shamed and embarrassed; may those who plan my harm draw backward and be abashed.
5. Let them be as chaff before the wind, with an angel of the Lord thrusting them.
6. May their way be dark and slippery, with an angel of the Lord pursuing them.
7. For without cause they have hidden for me a pit, yea a net; without cause they have dug it for my soul.
8. May darkness that he does not know come upon him, and his net that he hid shall ensnare him; in the darkness may he fall into it.
9. And my soul shall exult in the Lord; it shall rejoice in His salvation.
10. All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like You, Who saves a poor man from one stronger than he and a poor man and a needy one from one who robs him.
11. False witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.
12. They recompense me with evil instead of good, death to my soul.
13. But, as for me, when they were ill, my attire was sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting, and may my prayer return upon my bosom.
14. I walked about as though it were a friend or as though it were my own brother; I was bowed with gloom as the mourning of a mother.
15. And, when I limped, they rejoiced and gathered; lame people gathered about me, [why,] I do not know. Were they to tear, they would not draw blood.
16. Because of the flattery of scorn for food, they gnash their teeth at me.
17. O Lord, how long will You look on? Return my soul from their darkness, my only one from young lions.
18. I will thank You in a large assembly; in a mighty people I will praise You.
19. Let them not rejoice over me, those who are my enemies for an unjust cause, neither shall those who hate me for nought wink their eyes.
20. For they do not speak peace, and against the crushed people of the earth they think words of deceit.
21. And they opened their mouth wide against me and they said, "Aha! Aha! Our eyes have seen [what we desired]."
22. You saw, O Lord, do not be silent; O Lord, do not distance Yourself from me.
23. Arouse Yourself and awaken to my judgment, my God and my Lord, to my cause.
24. Judge me according to Your righteousness, O Lord, my God, and let them not rejoice over me.
25. Let them not say in their hearts, "Our soul rejoices." Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."
26. Let them be ashamed and abashed together, those who rejoice at my misfortune; let them be clothed in shame and disgrace, those who raise themselves haughtily over me.
27. Let those who desire my vindication sing praises and rejoice, and let them constantly say, "May the Lord, Who desires the peace of His servant, be magnified."
28. And my tongue shall utter Your righteousness, Your praise all day long.

Tehillim – Psalms 36

1. For the conductor. Of the servant of the Lord, of David.
2. The word of the transgression to the wicked man, in the midst of my heart, is that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
3. For it smoothed the way before him in his eyes, to find his iniquity to hate [him].
4. The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit; he refrained from learning to improve.
5. He thinks iniquity on his couch; he stands on a way that is not good; he does not reject evil.
6. O Lord, Your kindness is in the heavens; Your faith is until the sky.
7. Your charity is like the mighty mountains; Your judgments are [like] the vast deep. You save both man and beast, O Lord.
8. How precious is Your kindness, O God, and the sons of man will take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
9. They will be sated from the fat of Your house, and with the stream of Your delights You give them to drink.
10. For with You is the source of life; in Your light we will see light.
11. Extend Your kindness to those who know You, and Your charity to the upright of heart.
12. Let the foot of haughtiness not come with me, neither shall the hand of the wicked cause me to wander.
13. There the workers of iniquity have fallen; they have been thrust away and were unable to rise.

Tehillim – Psalms 37

1. Of David. Do not compete with the evildoers; do not envy those who commit injustice.
2. For they will be speedily cut off like grass and wither like green vegetation.
3. Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and be nourished by faith.
4. So shall you delight in the Lord, and He will give you what your heart desires.
5. Commit your way to the Lord, and trust in Him and He will act.
6. And He will reveal your righteousness like the light, and your judgments like noon.
7. Wait for the Lord and hope for Him; do not compete with one whose way prospers, with a man who executes malicious plans.
8. Desist from anger and forsake wrath; do not compete only to do evil.
9. For evildoers shall be cut off, and those who hope for the Lord-they will inherit the land.
10. A short while longer and the wicked man is not here, and you shall look at his place and he is not there.
11. But the humble shall inherit the land, and they shall delight in much peace.
12. The wicked man plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.
13. The Lord will scoff at him because He saw that his day will come.
14. The wicked initiated war and bent their bow to cast down the poor and the needy, to slay those who walk on a straight path.
15. Their sword shall enter their heart, and their bows shall be broken.
16. The few of the righteous are better than the multitude of many wicked men.
17. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord supports the righteous.
18. The Lord knows the days of the innocent, and their inheritance will be forever.
19. They will not be ashamed in time of calamity, and in days of famine they shall still be satisfied.
20. For the wicked will perish, and the enemies of the Lord are like disappearing light on the plains; they are consumed in smoke, yea they are consumed.
21. A wicked man borrows and does not pay, but the Righteous one is gracious and gives.
22. For those blessed by Him will inherit the land, and those cursed by Him will be cut off.
23. From the Lord a mighty man's steps are established, for He delights in his way.
24. If he falls, he will not be cast down, for the Lord supports his hand.
25. I was young, I also aged, and I have not seen a righteous man forsaken and his seed seeking bread.
26. All day long he is gracious and lends, and his seed is due for a blessing.
27. Shun evil and do good, and dwell forever.
28. For the Lord loves justice, and He shall not forsake His pious ones; they will be guarded forever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
29. The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell forever in it.
30. The righteous man's mouth utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks judgment.
31. The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not falter.
32. The wicked man watches for the righteous man and seeks to put him to death.
33. The Lord shall not leave him in his hands, and He shall not condemn him [the righteous] when he [the wicked] is judged.
34. Hope to the Lord and keep His way; He will exalt you to inherit the land, and you will witness the destruction of the wicked.
35. I saw a wicked man, powerful, well-rooted as a native who is fresh.
36. And he passed away and behold! he is not here, and I sought him and he was not found.
37. Observe the innocent and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
38. But transgressors were destroyed together; the future of the wicked was cut off.
39. But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord, their stronghold in time of distress.
40. The Lord helped them and rescued them; He rescued them from the wicked and saved them because they took refuge in Him.

Tehillim – Psalms 38

1. A song of David, to make remembrance.
2. O Lord, do not reprove me with Your anger, nor chastise me with Your wrath.
3. For Your arrows have been shot into me, and Your hand has come down upon me.
4. There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your fury; there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
5. For my iniquities passed over my head; as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
6. My boils are putrid; they fester because of my folly.
7. I am very much stunned and bowed; all day I go around in gloom.
8. For my loins are full of self-effacement; there is no soundness in my flesh.
9. I passed out and was very crushed; I moaned from the turmoil in my heart.
10. O Lord, all my desire is before You, and my sigh is not hidden from You.
11. My heart is engulfed; my strength has left me, and the light of my eyes- they too are not with me.
12. My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction, and those close to me stood afar.
13. And those who seek my life lay traps, and those who seek my harm speak treachery, and all day long they think of deceits.
14. But I am as a deaf person, I do not hear, and like a mute, who does not open his mouth.
15. And I was as a man who does not understand and in whose mouth are no arguments.
16. Because I hoped for You, O Lord; You shall answer, O Lord, my God.
17. For I said, "Lest they rejoice over me; when my foot faltered, they magnified themselves over me."
18. For I am ready for disaster, and my pain is always before me.
19. For I relate my iniquity; I worry about my sin.
20. But my enemies are in the vigor of life, and those who hate me for false reasons have become great.
21. And they repay evil for good; they hate me for my pursuit of goodness.
22. Do not forsake me, O Lord, my God; do not distance Yourself from me.
23. Hasten to my aid, O Lord, my salvation.

Tehillim – Psalms 39

1. For the conductor, to Jeduthun, a song of David.
2. I said: I will guard my ways from sinning with my tongue; I will guard my mouth [as with] a muzzle while the wicked man is still before me.
3. I made myself dumb in silence; I was silent from good although my pain was intense.
4. My heart is hot within me; in my thoughts fire burns; I spoke with my tongue,
5. O Lord, let me know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is; I would know when I will cease.
6. Behold You made my days as handbreadths, and my old age is as nought before You; surely all vanity is in every man; this is his condition forever.
7. Man walks but in darkness; all that they stir is but vanity; he gathers yet he knows not who will bring them in.
8. And now, what have I hoped, O Lord My hope to You is.
9. Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of an ignoble man.
10. I have become mute; I will not open my mouth because You have done it.
11. Remove Your affliction from me; from the fear of Your hand I perish.
12. With rebukes for iniquity You have chastised man; You have caused his flesh to decay as by a moth. Surely all man is vanity forever.
13. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and hearken to my cry. Be not silent to my tears, for I am a stranger with You, a dweller as all my forefathers.
14. Turn away from me that I may recover, before I go and am here no longer.

Tehillim – Psalms 40

1. For the conductor, of David a song.
2. I have greatly hoped for the Lord, and He extended [His ear] to me and heard my cry.
3. And He drew me up out of the roaring pit, from the thick mire, and He set my feet upon a rock, He established my steps.
4. He put a new song into my mouth, a praise to our God, so that many may see and fear, and trust in the Lord.
5. Praiseworthy is the man who made the Lord his trust, and did not turn to the haughty and those who turn to falsehood.
6. You have done great things, You, O Lord my God. Your wonders and Your thoughts are for us. There is none to equal You; were I to tell and speak, they would be too many to tell.
7. You desired neither sacrifice nor meal offering; You dug ears for me; a burnt offering or a sin offering You did not request.
8. Then I said, "Behold I have come," with a scroll of a book written for me.
9. O God, I desired to do Your will and [to have] Your law within my innards.
10. I brought tidings of righteousness in a great assembly. Behold, I will not withhold my lips, O Lord, You know.
11. I did not conceal Your charity within my heart; I stated Your faith and Your salvation-I did not withhold Your kindness and truth-to a great assembly.
12. You, O Lord, do not withhold Your mercies from me; may Your kindness and Your truth always watch me.
13. For countless evils have encompassed me; my iniquities have overtaken me and I could not see [them because] they are more numerous than the hairs of my head, and my heart has forsaken me.
14. O Lord, be willing to save me; O Lord, hasten to my help.
15. May those who seek my soul to destroy it be shamed and embarrassed together; may those who seek to harm me retreat and be humiliated.
16. May they be bewildered afterwards because of their shame, those who say about me, "Aha! Aha!"
17. All who seek You shall exult and rejoice; those who love Your salvation shall constantly say, "May the Lord be magnified."
18. But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my rescuer, my God; do not delay.

Tehillim – Psalms 41

1. For the conductor, a song of David.
2. Praiseworthy is he who looks after the poor; on a day of calamity the Lord will rescue him.
3. The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, and he will be praised in the land, and You will not deliver him into the desire of his enemies.
4. The Lord will support him on his sickbed; when You have transformed his entire restfulness in his illness.
5. I said, "O Lord, be gracious to me; heal my soul because I have sinned against You."
6. My enemies speak evil of me; "When will he die and his name be lost?"
7. And if he comes to see [me], he speaks falsely; his heart gathers iniquity for him; when he goes outside, he talks.
8. All my enemies whisper together about me; concerning me, they think evil.
9. "An evil thing shall be poured into him, and once he lies down, he will no longer rise."
10. Even my ally, in whom I trusted, who eats my bread, developed an ambush for me.
11. But You, O Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up, so that I may repay them.
12. With this I shall know that You desired me, when my enemy does not shout joyfully over me.
13. As for me, because of my innocence You shall support me, and stand me up before You forever.
14. Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel from all times past and to all times to come. Amen and amen.

Tehillim – Psalms 42

1. For the conductor, a maskil of the sons of Korah.
2. As a hart cries longingly for rivulets of water, so does my soul cry longingly to You, O God.
3. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when will I come and appear before God?
4. My tears were my bread day and night when they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"
5. These things I will remember, and I will pour out my soul [because of the pain which is] upon me, how I passed on with the throng; I walked slowly with them until the house of God with a joyful shouting and thanksgiving, a celebrating multitude.
6. Why are you downcast, my soul, and why do you stir within me? Hope to God, for I will yet thank Him for the salvations of His presence.
7. My God, my soul is downcast upon me; therefore, I will remember You from the land of Jordan and the
8. eaks of Hermon, from the young mountain.
9. Deep calls to deep to the sound of Your water channels; all Your breakers and waves passed over me.
10. By day, may the Lord command His kindness, and at night, may His resting place be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
11. I will say to God, my Rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why should I walk in gloom under the oppression of the enemy?"
12. With murder in my bones, my oppressors have reproached me by saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?"
13. Why are you downcast, my soul, and why do you stir within me? Hope to God, for I will yet thank Him for the salvations of my countenance and my God.

Tehillim – Psalms 43

1. Avenge me, O God, and plead my cause against an unkind nation, from a man of deceit and injustice You shall rescue me.
2. For You are the God of my strength, why have You abandoned me? Why should I walk in gloom under the oppression of the enemy.
3. Send Your light and Your truth, that they may lead me; they shall bring me to Your Holy Mount and to Your dwellings.
4. And I will come to the altar of God, to the God of the joy of my exultation, and I will thank You with a lyre, O God, My God.
5. Why are you downcast, my soul, and why do you stir within me? Hope to God, for I will yet thank Him for the salvations of my countenance and my God.

Tehillim – Psalms 44

1. For the conductor, of the sons of Korah, a maskil.
2. God, with our ears we heard, our forefathers told us; You performed a deed in their days, in days of old.
3. You, Your hand drove out nations and planted them; You inflicted harm on kingdoms and sent them away.
4. For not by their sword did they inherit the land, neither did their arm save them, but Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your countenance, for You favored them.
5. You are my King, God, command the salvations of Jacob.
6. With You, we will gore our adversaries; with Your name, we will trample those who rise up against us
7. For I do not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.
8. For You saved us from our adversaries and You put our enemies to shame.
9. We praised with God all day long, and we will forever thank Your name, yea forever.
10. Even if You have forsaken us and put us to shame, and You do not go out in our hosts;
11. You make us retreat from the adversary, and our enemies plunder for themselves;
12. You deliver us as sheep to be eaten, and You scatter us among the nations.
13. You sell Your people without gain, and You did not increase their price;
14. You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those around us;
15. You make us a byword among the nations, a [cause for] shaking the head among the kingdoms.
16. All day long, my disgrace is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me.
17. From the voice of the one who taunts and blasphemes, because of an enemy and an avenger.
18. All this has befallen us and we have not forgotten You, neither have we betrayed Your covenant.
19. Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps turned away from Your path
20. even when You crushed us in a place of serpents, and You covered us with darkness.
21. If we forgot the name of our God and spread out our palms to a strange god,
22. Will God not search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
23. For it is for Your sake that we are killed all the time, [that] we are considered as sheep for the slaughter.
24. Awaken! Why should You sleep, Lord? Arouse Yourself, forsake not forever.
25. Why do You hide Your countenance? [Why do] You forget our affliction and oppression?
26. For our soul is cast down to the dust, our belly clings to the earth.
27. Arise to assist us and redeem us for the sake of Your kindness.

Tehillim – Psalms 45

1. For the Conductor, on [the melody of] shoshanim, by the sons of Korach, a maskil – a song of love.
2. My heart overflows with a good theme; I say, “My composition is for the King;” my tongue is like the pen of a skillful scribe.
3. You are the most handsome of men; charm flows from your lips — therefore, God has blessed you forever.
4. Gird your sword upon your thigh, O mighty warrior — with your splendor and your majesty.
5. And in your majesty, ride triumphantly — for the sake of truth, humility, and righteousness — and let your right hand inspire awesome deeds.
6. Your arrows are sharp — nations fall beneath you — [your arrows pierce] the hearts of the king’s enemies.
7. Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.
8. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore, God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy above your companions.
9. Myrrh, aloes, and cassia are all your garments; from ivory palaces, stringed instruments delight you.
10. Daughters of kings are among your honored women; at your right stands the queen, adorned in gold of Ophir.
11. Listen, O daughter, and see, and incline your ear — forget your people and your father’s house.
12. And the King shall desire your beauty — for He is your master, and you shall bow to Him.
13. The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; the wealthiest of the people will seek your favor.
14. All the glory of the king’s daughter is inward; her clothing is embroidered with threads of gold.
15. In colorful garments she is brought to the King; her maiden companions follow her, brought to You.
16. They are brought with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the King.
17. In place of your fathers will be your sons; you shall appoint them as princes throughout the land.
18. I will cause Your name to be remembered for all generations; therefore, the nations will praise You forever and ever.

Tehillim – Psalms 46

1. For the Conductor, a song of the sons of Korah, on alamoth.
2. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in distress.
3. Therefore, we will not fear when the earth is transformed, when mountains collapse into the heart of the seas.
4. Its waters roar and rage; mountains quake at His grandeur. Selah.
5. There is a river—its streams gladden the city of God, the sacred dwelling of the Most High.
6. God is in her midst; she will not falter. God will help her at the break of dawn.
7. Nations rage, kingdoms totter; He raises His voice—the earth melts.
8. The Lord of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.
9. Come, behold the works of the Lord, Who has wrought desolations upon the earth.
10. He causes wars to cease to the ends of the earth; He breaks the bow, shatters the spear, and burns chariots in fire.
11. "Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, exalted upon the earth.
12. The Lord of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.

Tehillim – Psalms 47

1. For the choirmaster, a psalm by the sons of Korach.
2. Clap your hands, all you nations! Shout to God with joyous song!
3. For the Lord Most High is awesome; a great King over all the earth.
4. He subdues peoples under us, nations beneath our feet.
5. He chooses our heritage for us – the pride of Jacob whom He loves. Selah.
6. God ascends with the blast, the Lord with the sound of the shofar.
7. Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
8. For God is King over all the earth; sing a maskil (a skillful song) of praise.
9. God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.
10. The nobles of the peoples are gathered, the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; He is greatly exalted.

Tehillim – Psalms 48

1. A song, a psalm by the sons of Korach.
2. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
3. Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth – Mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
4. God is in her citadels; He is known as her refuge.
5. For behold, the kings assembled; they passed by together.
6. They saw and were astounded; they were terrified and fled in haste.
7. Trembling seized them there, pain like a woman in labor.
8. With an east wind You break the ships of Tarshish.
9. As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the Lord of Hosts, in the city of our God – God will establish it forever. Selah.
10. We have meditated on Your kindness, O God, in the midst of Your Temple.
11. Like Your Name, O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
12. Let Mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of Your judgments.
13. Walk around Zion and encircle her, count her towers.
14. Take note of her ramparts, consider her palaces, so that you may recount it to the next generation.
15. For this is God, our God forever and ever; He will guide us eternally.

Tehillim – Psalms 49

1. For the choirmaster, a psalm by the sons of Korach.
2. Hear this, all peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
3. Both low and high, rich and poor together.
4. My mouth speaks wisdom; the thoughts of my heart are understanding.
5. I will incline my ear to a parable; I will expound my riddle upon the harp.
6. Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my pursuers surrounds me?
7. Those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches –
8. A man cannot redeem his brother, nor give to God his ransom –
9. For the redemption of their soul is too costly, and forever it ceases –
10. That he should live on forever and not see the grave.
11. For he sees that the wise die, together with the fool and the brutish they perish, and leave their wealth to others.
12. Their inner thought is that their houses are forever, their dwelling places for all generations; they call lands after their own names.
13. But man will not endure in glory; he is likened to the animals that perish.
14. This is the way of those who are foolish, and of those who follow them who approve of their words forever. Selah.
15. Like sheep, they are destined for the grave; death will shepherd them. The upright will dominate them in the morning; their form will rot in the grave, far from their lofty abode.
16. But God will redeem my soul from the grip of the grave, for He will take me. Selah.
17. Do not fear when a man becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases,
18. For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his glory will not descend after him.
19. Though in his lifetime he blesses himself – “They will praise you when you do well for yourself” –
20. He will go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
21. A man who is honored but lacks understanding is like the animals that perish.

Tehillim – Psalms 50

1. A psalm by Asaph. God, God the Lord, spoke and summoned the earth, from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2. From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth.
3. Our God will come and not be silent; a fire will consume before Him, and around Him a mighty tempest rages.
4. He will summon the heavens above and the earth to judge His people:
5. “Gather My devout ones to Me, those who made a covenant with Me through sacrifice.”
6. And the heavens declare His righteousness, for God is Judge. Selah.
7. “Hear, My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against you – I am God, your God.
8. Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are before Me always.
9. I will not take a bull from your house, nor goats from your pens.
10. For every beast of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
11. I know every bird of the mountains, and the moving creatures of the field are Mine.
12. If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all its fullness are Mine.
13. Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
14. Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
15. And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall honor Me.”
16. But to the wicked God says: “What right do you have to recount My statutes or take My covenant in your mouth?
17. For you hated instruction and cast My words behind you.
18. If you saw a thief, you consented with him, and with adulterers you associated.
19. Your mouth you unleashed for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
20. You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your mother’s son.
21. These things you have done, and I kept silent; you thought I was like you. But I will rebuke you and set the matter before your eyes.
22. Consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces and there be none to deliver.
23. One who offers thanksgiving honors Me; and one who orders his way, I will show him the salvation of God.”\

Tehillim – Psalms 51

1. For the choirmaster, a psalm by David,
when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone to Bathsheba.
2. Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your kindness; according to the greatness of Your compassion, erase my transgressions.
3. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and purify me from my sin.
4. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is before me always.
5. Against You alone have I sinned, and what is evil in Your eyes I have done;
so that You are justified when You speak, and blameless when You judge.
6. Behold, in iniquity I was formed, and in sin my mother conceived me.
7. Behold, You desire truth in the innermost parts; and in the hidden parts You teach me wisdom.
8. Purify me with hyssop and I shall be clean; wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.
9. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
10. Hide Your face from my sins, and erase all my iniquities.
11. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
12. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
13. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and support me with a generous spirit.
14. I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall return to You.
15. Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, God of my salvation; my tongue shall sing of Your righteousness.
16. Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
17. For You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.
18. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
19. Do good in Your favor to Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.
20. Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, burnt offering and whole offering; then bulls will be offered upon Your altar.

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